ROYDEN MILLS

ROYDEN MILLS Statement

“Any object may carry a referential charge, it probably will remind us of something else which already has made an impression on us. But the sculpture which can transcend this reference to become itself is something special. It becomes something worth being with. It becomes a reminder of ultimate possibilities.” - Roden Mills

Education
1990 Master of Fine Arts Degree - University of Alberta 1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree - University of Alberta 1986 Diploma in Art and Design - Red Deer College 1984 Diploma in Architecture - Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
2002 Visiting Artist, Victoria School for the Performing and Visual Arts 2001-2002 University of Alberta: Sculpture Instructor 1st-4th year students. Art 361, Art 363
2000-2001 University of Alberta: Sculpture Instructor 1st-4th year students All sections 1999-2000 University of Alberta: Visual Fundamentals Instructor 1994-2001 University of Alberta: Sculpture Technician, Advising B.F.A. and M.F.A. students in the Sculpture Division 1999 University of Alberta: Visual Fundamentals Instructor 1997-98 University of Alberta: Sculpture Instructor 1st - 4th Year Students 1996 Assistant to Anthony Caro: Work and Ceramic Sculpture Workshop at the University of Alberta 1996 Red Deer College: Invited Visiting Artist Guest: Slide Lecture 1994-95 Grant MacEwan College Instructor of Sculpture to beginning students of the Outreach Program 1994 University of Alberta: Drawing Instructor 3rd Year Students
1991-93 Shikaoi Board of Education, Shikaoi, Hokkaido, Japan: Instructing Art, English, and Physical Education as part of the Town of Shikaoi’s Internationalization Project 1991-93 Tokachi Board of Education, Obihiro, Japan: Tokachi Circle Instructor and Co-ordinator of meetings for Japanese teachers of English 1993 Slide Seminar: Art Presentation at the International Ideas Conference - Sarabetsu, Hokkaido, Japan 1991 Slide Seminar: Art Presentation at the Poznan Academy of Art, Poland 1991 University of Alberta Sessional Instructor of Drawing: Art 340 - 2nd & 3rd year University students, focussing on Figure Drawing from live models 1989-90 University of Alberta Instructor of Visual Fundamentals. Art 231 - 1st year students in Painting, Drawing, Design & Sculpture 1990 Studio Assistant to Catherine Burgess
1989 Studio Assistant to Ken Macklin 1989 Teaching Assistant in Sculpture at the University of Alberta: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students 1989 Assistant to Anthony Caro at the University of Alberta and Red Deer College Workshops and subsequently employed to oversee the completion of the projects, including organizing exhibition, transportation, finishing and coloring steel sculpture according to Caro’s wishes after his departure for England 1989 Graduate Research Work: Involved supervision and technical aid for Undergraduate students in Sculpture 1988 Studio Assistant to Allan Reynolds 1984 Freelance Architectural Drafting and Design work 1981-83 Therapy Aid, Institutional Aid and Rehabilitative Care Worker for mentally handicapped people at Michener Centre in Red Deer, Alberta